Rudolph d heureuse



(No Model.)

R. DHEUREUSE. SAFETY DEVICE FOR WINDOW CLEANERS.

No. 482,865. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

WITNESSES IN VENTOR \g/gfid W fiM/i m/Jzq UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH DHEUREUSE, OF,NEWV YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR WINDOW-CLEANERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Kid 482,865, datedSeptember 20, 1892.

Application filed July 2, 1891. Serial No- 398,214- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH DHEUREUSE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of New York, county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety Devices forWindow-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to safety devices in the Work of cleaning orrepairing windows and of similar occupations, and is an improvement to adevice patented to me, No. 225,704, dated March 23, 1880, which securesthe use of a flexible or rigid guard, against which the operator leans,the guard to be attached to eyes, hooks, or staples firmly fastened tothe case or walls of the window.

My present improvement thereto consists in securely attaching to theguard a strap, between which and the guard the loops or eyes ofabody-belt can move upon and lengthwise in the direction of theguard,but which prevents the loops or eyes from leaving the guard incase the fastening at any one of its ends should give way. I attain thisobject by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 shows the manner in which the device is used with the operatorat work. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device, and Fig. 3 a verticalelevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A Ais a guard, here represented as a stout leather belt with buckle m toadjust its length.

B is a body-belt with one or more loops or eyes 0 to it, through whichthe guard passes and can move lengthwise, with sufficient play in otherdirections.

D is the back strap, the ends of which are secured to the guard A, andwhile it permits the lengthwise motion of the loops or eyes 0 along aportion of the guard A it prevents, effectually, the loop orloops oreyes of the body-belt B and whatsoever be attached to the same fromleaving the guard A.

At the ends of the guard are shown in the drawings stout snaps-S S,hooked into eyes 'n,

firmly and permanently secured to the frame F of a window'vV, Fig. 1,and it is evident that hooks or staples maybe used in place of eyes andany appropriate contrivance at the end of the guard by which this isattached.

The body-belt B being securely strapped (see Fig. 1) to the operatorstanding upon the window-sill or upon a platform provided for thepurpose, he would be positively prevented from dropping off in case ofslipping, fainting, or being overcome in any manner, as the stout loopor loops or eyes 0 to the body-belt and passing over the guard will notrelease him. However, should by any possible cause one end of the guardbecome detached, the other end holding on, the detached end would drop,and the loops or eyes 0, sliding along the guard, would precipitate theoperator if there were no back strap or stay, which then would come intoplay and hold up the loops of the body-belt B and the operator attachedto it.

The loop or loops C are shown in the drawings as stout strips ofleather, the ends of which, passing over the guard A, are securely fixedto the body-belt, either directly opposite one another, as Z, Figs. 2and 3, oralongside but opposite each other, as Z, Figs. 1, 2, and 3.Suitable eyes or other equivalents for the loops may answer the samepurpose.

The ends cl d of the back strap D, which is preferably of leather, areshown in the drawings to be permanently fixed to the guard A, and itseems advisable that this should be the rule. deemed preferable to havethe back strap D removable, and d. d, Figs. 2 and 3, indicate how one orboth of the ends of the back strap may be clamped to the guard. here theguard is of rigid material, the back strap may be so likewise, and itsfastening to the guard permanently or temporarily can be effected by anymethod usual for such purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a safety device for the purpose described, a guard A, providedwith a back strap whose ends are secured to said guard, in combinationwith a body-belt, as B, provided with loops or eyes, as O, substantiallyas set forth.

However, in some cases it may be.

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my invention I have signed my name,in presence of two witnesses, this28d day of June, re 1891.

RUDOLPH DHEUREUSE.

Witnesses:

J. M. GILBERT, AUG. WERBEOK.

